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Celebrate Halloween Balkan-style with the exciting and exotic music of Albuquerque’s premier Balkan dance band GODDESS OF ARNO! Performing dance tunes and traditional songs from Greece, Albania, Macedonia, Serbia, Bulgaria and Hungary –many in the Rom (Gypsy) style and language- this award-winning 6-piece ensemble accompanies beautiful solo and multi-part vocals with traditional ethnic string and percussion instruments as well as violin, guitar, saxophone, electric bass & accordion. Folk-dancer Patsy Gregory will give a “quick-teach” session to live music from 7:15-8pm and then she’ll lead the traditional folk dances on Winning’s great wood floor. You can dance your own dance – or just sit, relax and enjoy the music, ambiance -perhaps with one of Winning's great beverages or snacks (for purchase). The 17th Annual Halloween Balkan Bash will also feature Halloween decorations and a costume contest with prizes for the best costumes (costumes are optional, but highly encouraged). Admission is $5.00 at the door, kids 12 and under get in for free. Goddess of Arno’s band personnel: Leanne Mennin–percussion (tupan, daide & doumbek) & vocals; Barbara Friedman–electric bass, Bulgarian & Macedonian tamburi & vocals; Beth Cohen–violin, guitar, Macedonian tambura & vocals; Randy Edmunds-guitar, Macedonian tambura & vocals; Jamie Edmunds-alto sax, accordion & vocals; Cherrymae Golston: Vocals & tambourine; Mary Masuk-percussion (riq, doumbek, daide & cymbal); SPECIAL GUEST: Margot Leverett- clarinet virtuoso. For more information about The Annual Halloween Balkan Bash, The Annual Spring Balkan Dance and GODDESS OF ARNO please contact: Beth Cohen at (505) 243-6276 E-mail: cohenedmunds@netzero.net ON FACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/GoddessofArnoCD web site: www.cdbaby.com/goddessofarnoOn YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GFi_nEOQy7AAND: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=euvCr2y6BBYGoddess of Arno’s OLD web-pages (we can’t update, but some cool stuff here): http://members.tripod.com/arnoproductionsnm/GoddessofArno/index.htmPioneers of the world music scene in New Mexico, GODDESS OF ARNO has been performing, teaching, & studying traditional Balkan & East European folk music for over 30 years together and as soloists. The musicians of GODDESS OF ARNO love the exotic rhythms and scales, which the southern Balkans absorbed from the Ottoman Empire, in addition to the passion of the Rom music, which offers opportunities for instrumental improvisation. GODDESS OF ARNO was originally formed as an accompaniment ensemble to ABQ’s popular Svirka, women's Balkan Chorus (1979-2001) and later developed its own identity, known for exciting dance parties and concerts. GODDESS OF ARNO has performed throughout the southwest and has produced and performed in concerts and workshops with internationally acclaimed Balkan and Rromani musicians, scholars & educators such as Esma Redzhepova, Yuri Yunakov, Kabile/ Bulgarika Bulgarian Ensembles, Sani Rifati & Professors Carol Silverman and Sonya Tamar Seeman. In 2002, Goddess of Arno released its award-winning CD: Balkan Dance Party! Available at: www.cdbaby.com/goddessofarno